I acknowledge that I am getting older. It’s much better than not.
The thing I am hostile about – feeling a definite emotional slap in the face – is that when the talking heads on TV are talking about ‘The Elderly,’ they are talking about ME. I want to bite them in the leg, and I haven’t had a rabies shot.
We are described as ‘vulnerable.’ They are mainly referring to us that way in regard to Covid-19 and getting the vaccine protection. I acknowledge that my husband and I are more at risk from dying from this awful virus, and we have both received the two shots. The thing I resent is that we are being discussed as if we are all one person, one block of sheep, a group that only matters tangentially to the more important matters we’re facing in the world.
Well, THIS OLD BROAD has a lot of fight left in her. My husband and I have long realized that we have never – and probably WILL never – think like other people of any age. We have never been representative of people of our age on almost any subject you can name. And I think that’s probably true of the rest of the ‘elderly.’
We are individuals, as are the people of any labeled group. We have different goals, different needs, and react differently to the same set of circumstances.
I guess what I’m saying is that being called ‘elderly’ and treated as if that MEANS someone can assume anything about me is my new PET PEEVE. I’m not normally a hostile person (although my husband has always described me as, “mean as a snake.”)
I’m not aging ‘gracefully.’ I’m aging, trying to wring out every drop of joy possible from each and every day, finding wonderful, creative people whose work amazes me, new things to learn and try, a new motivation to get and stay as healthy as I can be for as long as I can, enjoying the people who make my life a joy and the beauty around me.
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Totally agree with you, Linda! I found this article about “myths and assumptions about the elderly”:
“In the United States, all people over eighteen years old are considered adults, but there is a large difference between a person who is twenty-one years old and a person who is forty-five years old. More specific breakdowns, such as “young adult” and “middle-aged adult,” are helpful. In the same way, groupings are helpful in understanding the elderly. The elderly are often lumped together to include everyone over the age of sixty-five. But a sixty-five-year-old’s experience of life is much different from a ninety-year-old’s.”
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology/chapter/who-are-the-elderly-aging-in-society/
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So true. Thanks, Susy.
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I agree !! I do not believe they should lump an age group together as if they have no minds of their own ! Every single person no matter what their age approaches life from a different standpoint. Everyone deserves respect to be treated as an individual not just part of a demographic group !
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I couldn’t agree more. Great to hear from you, Stephen. I hope you and your family are doing well
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Stephie – did I tell you I HATE spell check? Sorry about that.
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Doing great. I’ve been doing a YouTube channel for a while now and almost ready to be monetized I think in the next few months. Three years it took me but I think I’m almost there. It will probably be a buck a month but I’ll be excited to get it !!
I’m gonna start getting online and reading your blog post for some reason my phone just will not let me comment so I have to read them online to be able to comment that’s why you never hear from me because I’m usually on my phone and for some reason it doesn’t like WordPress so I will just get on my computer and read so I can start commenting more! I never went away I just can’t comment very often on the stupid phone!😬
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